machar granite

Bio:

Machar Granite are a four-piece alt rock-folk group based in Edinburgh.

The music veers between seething guitar workouts and delicately balanced acoustic folk; it is influenced by a wide variety of subjects and styles but the sound is undoubtedly deeply rooted within the remoteness and strong spirit of community frontman, Eddie, knew growing up.

The band have just released their debut album, "lost in history".

If you would like to contact the band with regard to gigs you can drop them a line here or at machargranite@gmail.com

Reviews and Comments:

"There's an air of Prevention era De Rosa about the songs at times, but it's never overpowering, just a similar kind of feeling. There's certainly more than enough here to merit having a listen..."

Jim Connick, Aye Tunes;

"They had the kind of mellow feel of seventies west coast of America music mixed with the more angular feel of our very own Scottish folk music and were clearly very capable musicians. The sound in the venue was doing a very effective job of masking the vocals but, on the evidence of tonight, this is a band worthy of investigation."

Bluesbunny Live Review, Glasgow;

"A powerful debut from Machar Granite....all music should be this honest."

Ian Scofield, Leith FM;

"This band are like storytellers in the folk singer way but despite ther traditional approach, there is also an urban feel pervading these songs....."Lost in History" is rather good. "

4/5 Carrots, Bluesbunny Review;

Copies of machar granite's debut album can be purchased from our website

www.machargranite.com

Member Since:

June 14, 2007

Members:

dave (drums) jacko (bass) lucy (fiddle) eddie (guitars, vocals)

Influences:

rugged coastlines, the sound of shingle underfoot, poetry, gatherings in old village halls, the pixies, rain on a tin roof, william neill, the sound of wind whistling outside a window, de rosa, norman mccaig, familiar faces, fernando pessoa, george mackay brown, silence, morr music, bill hicks, books on history - history we can relate to -, idlewild, pablo neruda, driftwood, bjork, lewis grassic gibbon, music which makes us sit up and wish we'd written it ourselves, the fence collective, edwin morgan, community.

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Record Label:

unsigned